Presentation Type
Presentation
Location
The University of Notre Dame Australia, Broome Campus
Start Date
15-11-2018 12:30 PM
Description
The Bunuba Rangers and the Bunuba Dawangarri Aboriginal Corporation in conjunction with researchers at Nulungu Research Institute have been developing a strategic cultural heritage management process through the ‘Bunuba Cultural Caretakers Project’. Building on the soon-to-be released Healthy Country Management Plan called ‘Jalangurru Muwayi’, the group developed the project in response to one of the main aspirations captured in the plan – ‘the need for Bunuba people and the ranger team to visit and record the significant cultural sites on Bunuba country’. Commencing in 2017, the group undertook a preliminary cultural heritage management workshop to examine what processes were required for Bunuba people to look after sites on country, as well as the narratives and language associated with them. Integral to this is the ongoing involvement of young and old through a series of on-country trips and the integration of monitoring and maintenance processes to the everyday work of the ranger team. With the introduction of the women’s ranger team in 2018 coinciding with the initial Bunuba Cultural Caretakers Trip to Windjana Gorge in May, the program has been growing in momentum. In September this saw more than 60 people come together at Mornington Station to identify sites and work with the WA Department of Parks and Wildlife to discuss the proposed National Park in this area. Further activities are now in planning not only for 2019 but for a number of years into the future.
Recommended Citation
Marshall, Melissa; Rangers, Bunuba; and Aboriginal Corporation, Dawangarri, "Bunuba Cultural Caretakers Project" (2018). Talking Heads Seminar Series. 5.
https://researchonline.nd.edu.au/nulungu_talkingheads/2018/schedule/5
Bunuba Cultural Caretakers Project
The University of Notre Dame Australia, Broome Campus
The Bunuba Rangers and the Bunuba Dawangarri Aboriginal Corporation in conjunction with researchers at Nulungu Research Institute have been developing a strategic cultural heritage management process through the ‘Bunuba Cultural Caretakers Project’. Building on the soon-to-be released Healthy Country Management Plan called ‘Jalangurru Muwayi’, the group developed the project in response to one of the main aspirations captured in the plan – ‘the need for Bunuba people and the ranger team to visit and record the significant cultural sites on Bunuba country’. Commencing in 2017, the group undertook a preliminary cultural heritage management workshop to examine what processes were required for Bunuba people to look after sites on country, as well as the narratives and language associated with them. Integral to this is the ongoing involvement of young and old through a series of on-country trips and the integration of monitoring and maintenance processes to the everyday work of the ranger team. With the introduction of the women’s ranger team in 2018 coinciding with the initial Bunuba Cultural Caretakers Trip to Windjana Gorge in May, the program has been growing in momentum. In September this saw more than 60 people come together at Mornington Station to identify sites and work with the WA Department of Parks and Wildlife to discuss the proposed National Park in this area. Further activities are now in planning not only for 2019 but for a number of years into the future.
